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SUMMARY:Conference: "Ageing in Africa: Narratives\, Human Rights\, and Care
 "
DESCRIPTION:Africa is undergoing major demographic change\, in which the po
 pulation share of its older population is expected to increase rapidly\, a
 t a much faster pace than in other world regions. This demographic shift p
 oses challenges to families and households\, institutions and practices of
  governance\, and civil society organizations. In general\, these dynamic
 s are understudied\, and the existing scholarship on ageing in Africa 
 remains disparate.\\r\\nThe aim of the conference is to make ageing in Af
 rica a more prominent theme within African studies\, by bringing together 
 scholars researching on ageing across diverse regional and disciplinary
  contexts. It seeks to better understand contemporary processes of gov
 ernance and human rights by studying how African states cope with the cha
 llenges of ageing populations. Also\, the conference aims to bring atte
 ntion to the study of ageing in Africa by making the fragmented research o
 n ageing known across different national and regional contexts.\\r\\nThe c
 onference is part of the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group “Ageing in Afric
 a” at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) at t
 he University of Ghana in Accra\, Ghana.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>Africa is undergoing major demographic change\, in which the 
 population share of its older population is expected to increase rapidly\,
  at a much faster pace than in other world regions. This demographic shift
  poses challenges to families and households\, institutions and practices 
 of governance\, and civil society&nbsp\;organizations. In general\, these 
 dynamics are understudied\,&nbsp\;and the existing&nbsp\;scholarship on&nb
 sp\;ageing in Africa&nbsp\;remains&nbsp\;disparate.</p>\n<p>The aim of the
  conference is to make ageing in Africa a more prominent theme within Afri
 can studies\, by bringing together scholars researching on ageing across d
 iverse regional&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;disciplinary&nbsp\;contexts.&nbsp\;It&nbsp
 \;seeks&nbsp\;to better understand contemporary processes of governance an
 d human rights&nbsp\;by studying how African states cope with the challeng
 es of ageing populations. Also\, the conference&nbsp\;aims&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;
 bring attention to the study of ageing in Africa by making the fragmented 
 research on ageing known across different national and regional contexts.<
 /p>\n<p>The conference is part of the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group “Ag
 eing in Africa” at the&nbsp\;Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Af
 rica (MIASA)&nbsp\;at the University of Ghana in Accra\, Ghana.</p>
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